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US Government printing office; Washington D.C, 1893. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good minus. With ownership signature of astronomer Frank Washington Very on the cover and title pages. Text primarily in English. Quarto, 11 1/2" tall, vii + 529 pages (b&w illustrations) + 22 plates (including fold-out maps). A very good minus, generally clean, copy with moderate exterior wear and chipping at the spine cover (lightweight stiff wraps were not adequate for this thick and heavy volume), a few short edge tears, and previous owners' names inked on front cover; interior binding solid, paper light to moderately yellow with foxing the title page and fore-edges.

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket as issued. Quarto, 10 1/3" tall, xiv + 902 pages, blue cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with moderate shelf wear and exterior soiling; hinges and binding tight, text paper lightly yellowed with a previous owner's name penned on the front endpaper. This is a larger and heavier volume and will require some additional postage.

New York, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket (if issue. Octavo, 8" tall, ix + 141 pages, black cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. Without dust jacket.

Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small folio, 12” tall, three-quarter maroon leather over marbled boards; vol. 1: 193 pages text + 22 plates (4 colored with map) with 22 explanation pages; vol. 2: 200 pages text plus 19 plates and 20 explanation pages. In good condition overall, hinges broken and covers loose, back strip loose, but internal binding solid, paper generally clean and light to moderately yellowed, but with a minor damp stain to the upper margin (top edge only); cover edge worn through to boards at fore-edges, back strip significantly chipped top and bottom. This is a larger and heavier volume and will require additional postage. Note: Foreign shipping can be prohibitively expensive.

New York, New York: Academic Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket (if issue. Octavo 9 1/2" tall, xix + 448 pages, blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover edition with light shelf wear, corners rubbed, bumping to top two corners, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white.

Giovanni de Bonis, Napoli, 1815. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. A very nice copy of this original Italian translation of Davy's 1813 work. Note: the illustrations are not the same as the original English edition. Octavo, 8" tall, (two volumes bound in one), vol. 1: xvi + 228 + 1 folding plate; vol. 2: 7 plates (2 folding) + 243 pages, gilt spine titles and decorations on quarter blue calf over marbled boards. A very good, clean, neat original hard cover with minor exterior wear and rubbing, binding tight, paper supple and cream white with very little foxing. Please note: shipping overseas is currently high.

Washington D.C: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1984. First Edition. Portfolio (unbound). Near Fine/Very Good minus. Complete. Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, hardcover folio containing 17 loose folding map plates and 1 booklet. The booklet is 10 1/2", stiff wraps, 136 pages. In near fine condition overall--probably unused, one corner of paper booklet back cover roughed from careless handling; three of the folded maps have a few small spots of minor soiling at one exposed corner margin; the folio folder is in very good minus condition but with moderate exterior soiling and one corner lightly roughed (bumped).

Baltimore, Maryland: Self published, 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Quarto 11" tall, 185 pages, sewn binding, stiff wraps. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with unbound sheet of auxiliary tables tipped in.

Singapore: World Scientific, 1989. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Quarto, 9 1/2" tall, xxii + 540 pages, illustrated stiff wraps. A very good, very clean, neat soft cover edition with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white BUT the cover fore-edges have been clear taped, and there are about 12 pages with small marginal notations from the previous owner.

New York, New York: Academic Press / Harcourt Brace, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Octavo, 9" tall, xi + 620 pages, stiff wraps. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover with light shelf wear and some creasing to the backstrip; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. This book is part of a larger group of several hundred science books from one collection, currently in the process of being cataloged.

Berlin, Germany: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in German. 2 vols. Quarto, 10" tall, vol. 1: pages 430 with 134 illustrations; vol. 2: pages 431 to 752 with 85 illustrations and 2 fold-out charts, brown cloth. Volume two is fine with light shelf wear, volume one very good with light shelf wear, but a light exterior moisture stain to the spine, hinges, and binding of both sold, paper just slightly yellowed interiors fine. Note: Overseas shipping is quite expensive at present and likely more than the cost of the book.

Paris, France: P.-C Lehuby, n.d., circa 1829?. Early printing. Hardcover. Good +. Text in French. Government approval for publication 1829. No other date. Quarto, 416 pages + 10 color plates, intertextual black and white illustrations throughout, fore-edges gilt, gilt titles leather spine with brown cloth boards. A good copy, internally very good, clean, internal binding solid, paper lightly yellowed primarily from the margins and lightly foxed, color plates bright with some light foxing, but back strip leather significantly chipped, fore-corner tips worn through to boards, hinges cracked--frontispiece, front flyleaf and endpaper detached. Note: overseas postage rates are currently very high.

Paris, France: P.-C Lehuby, circa 1829?. Early printing. Hardcover. Good. Text in French. Government approval for publication 1829 but no other date. Quarto, 416 pages + 10 color plates, intertextual black and white illustrations throughout, fore-edges and endpapers marbled, gilt titles leather spine with red cloth boards. A good copy only, internally generally clean, color plates bright, internal binding solid, paper lightly foxed, but a small dampstain to the corner margin (not text), BUT both hinges broken, and marbled endpaper detached and edge chipped, exterior spine worn with top 2" chipped away and another 2" section coming loose, fore-corner tips worn through to boards. Note: overseas postage rates are currently very high.

Berlin, Germany: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus. German text. Single volume. Quarto, 10" tall, viii + pages 475 - 832 + 2 ads and 4 page publishers insert, brown cloth. A very good minus copy overall, with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper just lightly yellowed, BUT a damp stain to cover, which is also visible at some page margins, though text area is clear. Part of series "Handbuch der Astrophysik". Note: Overseas shipping is quite expensive at present and likely more than the cost of the book.

Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA European Space Agency (agence spatiale europeene), 1997. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine. English text. Vol. 13 only of 17 volume set. Quarto, 12" tall, unpaginated, blue cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket. Unread--opened for this listing only, but one corner slightly bumped.

Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA European Space Agency (agence spatiale europeene), 1997. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine. English text. Single volume. This is Vol. 17 only of 17 volume set. Quarto, 12" tall, contains all 6 cds as issued, (no additional text), blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover edition with light shelf wear but one corner slightly bumped.; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket.

Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA European Space Agency (agence spatiale europeene), 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. English text. Vol. 4 only of 17 volume set. Quarto, 12" tall, xii + 299 pages, blue cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket.

New York, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo 9 1/2" tall, viii + 393 pages, orange cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear.

London, England: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Single volume (of three issued)-complete in itself. Quato 10 1/4" tall, frontispiece plus intertextual illustrations, 800 pages, marbled endpapers, and marbled fore-edges, 3/4 leather over dark cloth. A fair, clean, internally sturdy hardcover, binding solid, paper lightly yellowed with minor scattered foxing, primarily to the margins and frontmatter, BUT both heavy covers are loose, cloth back strips missing, hinges broken and first and last signatures loosening or loose; cover edges worn wear and fore-corner tips through to boards; A good reference copy only, or breaker for the hundreds of wonderful black and white engraved spot illustrations.

New York, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 251 pages, stiff wraps. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. Integrable Quantum Field Theories: Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Tvarminne, Finland 1981; Lecture Notes in Physics 151.